"Of course, we push you forward reluctantly, for it is a great honour to
such a youth as you are. Why, you will be the youngest officer in the
horse artillery."
"I am young, sir," I said, humbly, but with my heart beating fast.
"And there is another thing before this is settled. What about riding?"
"I can ride anything, sir," I said eagerly.
"Indeed!"
"I have hunted a great deal at home."
"Ah, well, I suppose we must give way, and I hope you will prove worthy
of your promotion to so gallant a corps. By the way, you know Captain
Brace?"
"Oh yes, sir," I replied.
"Yes; he speaks very highly of you. So you shall go on probation with
his troop at Rambagh."